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THE NARRATIVE OF A BLOCKADE-RUNNER : Collector's Library of the Civil War
by Wilkinson, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Fine
- ISBN 10
- 080944254X
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442546
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Time-Life Books, Alexandria, 1984, 1984. Leather. Collectible - Fine. Octavo, hardcover, fine in embossed black leather boards, black leather spine with gilt lettering. Publisher's leaflet laid in. Volume of the Collector's Library of the Civil War. Pages gilt-edged. Raised spine bands, Bound-in red satin ribbon bookmark. Very impressive looking collectible book.252 pp. Facsimile reprint edition of the original 1877 First Edition. One of the riskiest, most exciting operations of the Civil War â and certainly the most profitable â was blockade-running. More than 8,000 steamers, especially designed for speed, engaged in running the Federal gauntlet. Long, low and loaded to the gunwales with contraband cotton, they cleared Southern ports and, if all went well, returned with precious war supplies.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8904c
- Title
- THE NARRATIVE OF A BLOCKADE-RUNNER : Collector's Library of the Civil War
- Author
- Wilkinson, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 080944254X
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442546
- Publisher
- Time-Life Books, Alexandria, 1984
- Place of Publication
- Alexandria, Va
- Date Published
- 1984
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
bookwitch
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Concord, California
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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